As with all dwellings for the Talented, these were secured and shielded from unannounced entry.

There was no casual sailing across, and no unannounced entry to this fortified place.

He is similarly amazed, he said, at his brazen, unannounced entry into Mr. Hicks's office.

But the reasonableness of unannounced entries by the police must be justified on a case-by-case basis.

But, he added, "it's hard for us to talk about unannounced entries."

"Is that why you have dishonored me by this unannounced entry into my sanctuary?"

"For now, we leave to the lower courts the task of determining the circumstances under which an unannounced entry is reasonable," Justice Thomas said.

The Arkansas Supreme Court upheld the conviction and rejected her argument that the unannounced entry violated the Fourth Amendment.

The Administration further argued that in drug cases, like the specific case before the Court, the police would generally have ample justification for unannounced entries.

One man was in view, just getting up from a chair in front of the TV, his face surprised and alarmed at the unannounced entry.